Two Tarts Bakery

I went to my first Farmer's Market of the season today and it was pretty great. It was cold and about to rain but I wanted some strawberries and to check out some local bakery offerings (since I have been toying with the idea). I had read about Two Tarts in the best of 2007 edition of the Willamette Week. They had talked about their tiny and delicious cookies. I was lucky enough to find Anna there today behind a case of adorable treats. She was telling me that they were soon going to have a store front on 23rd and Kearney in the space that La Buca occupied.

I opted for a baker's dozen ($7.50) to sample a multitude of their sweets. The came in a nice little box with a brown bow, which would make the perfect gift for a cookie aficionado. I thought that out of what I got the stand out items were the Cappuccino Creme sandwich cookies and the Baci cookies. The Cappuccino cookies we very small, but packed in wonderful flavor and I loved that the shortbread was softer so that the filling didn't immediately ooze out of the sides. The Baci cookie was similar to what I associate with the looks of a walnut cookie that has filling inside. It was made with hazelnut meal and a not too sweet dark chocolate filling. I also got the Not too Thin Mint bar, the Roo Bar, the Double Chocolate cookie, and the Peanut Butter sandwich cookie. I thought the mint bar was a little too sweet and the mint overpowered the chocolate. The Roo Bar was very moist and had a lot of spring rhubarb filling. The Double chocolate cookie was a little too crisp for my taste, even the center was pretty hard. If you know me, you know I love squishy cookie centers! I opted to give away my Peanut Butter cookies to very deserving friends because I am not a huge fan of peanut butter and I knew that they would be much appreciated.

I did not get the exact date of their shop opening, but their website may have some updates in the near future. http://www.twotartsbakery.com/